(A) Acceptance of students with creative minds and leadership qualities who have the proper aptitude to become outstanding researchers, scientists, and technical experts

If we are to return students back into society as creative and first-class researchers, it is essential that we accept only students with the proper aptitude. Naturally, we assume that students who apply to the GSS on their own initiative accurately understand their aptitude. Thus to realize our educational goals, we aim to develop an effective admissions selection process that ensures the selection of students with the proper aptitude, and, in conjunction with that, to widely deliver information on the GSS and our admissions policy to prospective students.

(B) Enhancement of individual instruction for fostering frontline researchers and educators

Individual instruction and guidance play a central role in the master's and doctoral programs for training students to conduct creative research activities on a laboratory basis. Through individual guidance, students learn how to identify research topics and acquire the necessary skills to carry out advanced research. In addition, effective mentoring ensures that students learn how to read scientific papers, collect specialist information, write papers for international academic journals, and present research results at international conferences. To foster researchers effectively in response to the increase in the number of graduate students spurred by the focus on graduate school-level education, it is essential to enhance the function of individual instruction.

(C) Development of educational programs that meet the requirements of society

To respond fully to the need for developing human resources with not only deep but also broad knowledge of scientific fields — scholarship that will be required when students return to society — we take into consideration the various academic backgrounds and the future plans of graduate students when developing educational programs to train professional researchers.

(D) Development of educational programs that meet the needs of students with diverse backgrounds

With the increasing focus on graduate education, the number of applicants to each department of the GSS has increased, and students with diverse academic backgrounds (e.g. engineering, agriculture, and even literature backgrounds) have enrolled in the GSS. As a result, the number of students who enter the workforce directly after earning a master's degree has increased. With this increased diversity of students, the overall framework of the GSS has broadened, and it has become necessary to develop various educational tracks based on the different academic backgrounds and future plans of each student. Thus we are aiming to reorganize our educational programs to meet the needs of each student. Arranging common lectures for both graduate and undergraduate students is one possible solution. In addition, providing efficient education in response to each student's needs is one of our important goals regarding the education of international students, who, at the moment, constitute 5% of the entire graduate student population at the GSS.

(E) Enhancement of research environment for graduate students